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Unformatted text preview: vertically along the slope when it unfreezes ← ←- stop mass movements: • install sensors on suspect terrain • install drainage system to release groundwater • make the surface impermeable ← ← La Conchita, CA • Located along pacific coast highway • Hills made up of weak shale and unconsolidated sediment • Very steep terrain • The site of many landslides over the years • Human activity aggravated hazards • Material flowed out at base, traveling farther then a slide because of fluid ← ←...
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